Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Saha on August 26 attended a public meeting in Agartala after at least 8,000 opposition voters led by former minister and working president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that the Congress and CPI(M) are fading away in Tripura. He praised the works done by PM Narendra Modi and mentioned that BJP is working towards the development of the country. He urged and invited more people of Tripura to join BJP. “From when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, number of riots have gone down significantly. You can see in Jammu and Kashmir how things have improved by far. Tourism have increased their that has in turn helped their economy. India is developing at a faster rate than it was under the previous governments. We are in a train that has 2 engines. The first one being the Narendra Modi engine, the second one being the Tripura Government engine. We still have bogies with open gates and I invite more and more people to join us in the journey towards a beautiful destination of being one of the best countries out there,” said Manik Saha.